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Games like Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim

If Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim is your kind of game, the closest matches are Corsair Cove, Ranchbound and Bread & Bravery — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim: A minimalist roguelite colony sim about one family on the American frontier, 1609–1900. Build a homestead, survive the lean years, and pass the ranch down through the generations — every year ends with a family council shaped by what really happened.

StrategySimulationRPGWindows · macOSby DelosX
Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Corsair Cove

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!

    2026StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ranchbound

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    Raise cattle, develop your ranch, hire cowboys, buy land, and invest in local businesses in a real-time economic strategy with survival challenges.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation17.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Bread & Bravery

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    Return to the era of knights and castles in a uniquely satisfying mix of Settlement Building, RTS and Castle Simulation genres. Manage complex and realistic medieval production chains, build your army and defences, satisfy the King and lead your people to prosperity. Will you succeed as a new lord?

    2027StrategySimulationSteam ↗
  4. Fjordal

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    Establish a Norse village and refine the land's resources. Pay tribute to the King, or grow strong enough to fight back. A Viking colony sim with production chains and resource management.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  5. 1200 BC

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    A slow paced survival colony sim with aspects of survival RPG with you as a Mycenaean King during the Late Bronze Age. Lead your colony, trade items, import raw materials and export crafted goods. Defend your colony against enemies.

    SimulationSteam ↗
  6. Whiskerwood

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    Establish a home for your industrious mice under the oppressive paw of your cat overlords in this city builder featuring complex simulations, intricate production chains, and the age-old rivalry between cat and mouse.

    2025StrategySimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Nova Roma

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    The glory of Rome is at your fingertips in this city-building game where you must appease the gods, enact laws, and develop complex supply chains to meet the needs of your citizens.

    2026StrategySimulationEarly Access29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Depraved

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    Depraved is a city builder game with survival aspects, settled in the Wild West. Build towns and establish important outposts to supply your residents with food and other raw materials. Resist the seasons, dangerous animals, and bandits and conquer the Wild West.

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

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  3. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

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  4. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

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  5. DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim.

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  6. Evil Egg

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
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    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

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Frequently asked about Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim

What games are most similar to Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim are Corsair Cove, Ranchbound, Bread & Bravery.
Who developed Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim?
Salt and Soil: A Frontier Family Sim was developed by DelosX.

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